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Search Results for: boys state

Notes on Blindness

Eloise Ross / February 14, 2016

Notes on Blindness explores the soundscape

…are a discomforting, physically painful experience, which help the viewer associate more, even temporarily, with the state of blindness. Hull finds something poetic about blindness: as though consciousness is evacuated…

Unlocking the Cage

Alex Heeney / January 22, 2016

Sloan Prize contenders: Science at Sundance 2016

…to manipulate an entire state. Although only sixty minutes, James Redford’s Resilience may be the most obviously science-related candidate, as it tracks brain science research on childhood trauma. But the…

Aquarius, Kleber Mendonça Filho

Alex Heeney / October 21, 2016

Director Kleber Mendonça Filho on the sounds of Aquarius

…the building, she gets increasingly stubborn about standing her ground. As this real estate battle plays out, we also get a glimpse into Clara’s day-to-day life, her relationship with her…

Kurzel Macbeth

Alex Heeney / December 25, 2015

Kurzel’s Macbeth emphasizes tone over text

…like the unsuspecting Duncan (David Thewlis), with the breaks in verse that signal something is rotten in the state of Scotland For instance, the Weird Sisters of the text speak…

Spectre Review

Alex Heeney / November 7, 2015

Spectre Review: Mendes pulls from Shakespeare

…suddenly forming a black-clad army. Bond — and by extension, the audience — finds himself physically surrounded by an ominous surveillance state. Meanwhile, Mendes does everything he can to weaken…

Entertainment, Rick Alverson

Alex Heeney / November 13, 2015

Director Rick Alverson talks Entertainment and upending audience expectations

…is pre-determined, it subjugates the viewer into a state of passivity and anesthetizes them. I think that’s bad for culture and for politics. It creates legions of zombies. Passivity is…

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